Lubricated three way fluid valve

Claim 1

FLUID VALVE MEANS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED MAIN BODY HAVING AN AXIAL BORE AND FLUID INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS, A PORTED VALVE PLUNGER AXIALLY RECIPROCABLE IN SAID BORE, AN ABUTMENT AT EACH END OF SAID BORE, A PLURALITY OF APERTURED BUSHINGS DISPOSED IN AXIALLY SPACED ALIGNMENT IN SAID BORE BETWEEN SAID ABUTMENTS SURROUNDING SAID PLUNGER, SAID BUSHINGS BEING OF A NUMBER TO CORRESPOND TO THE INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS OF SAID MAIN BODY, THE APERTURES IN SAID BUSHINGS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS, SAID PLUNGER BEING AXIALLY SLIDABLE IN SAID BUSHINGS, FIRST ANNULAR SEALING MEANS DISPOSED IN EACH END OF EACH OF SAID BUSHING AND SURROUNDING SAID PLUNGER FOR PREVENTING THE FLOW OF FLUID ALONG SAID PLUNGER, THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF EACH OF SAID FIRST SEALING MEANS BEING LESS THAN THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF ITS RESPECTIVE BUSHING, SECOND SEALING MEANS SEATED AROUND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF EACH OF SAID BUSHINGS FOR PREVENTING THE FLOW OF FLUID ALONG SAID BORE, AND A RIGID ANNULAR SEPARATOR RING DISPOSED BETWEEN ADJACENT ONES OF SAID BUSHINGS AND BETWEEN SAID ABUTMENTS AND THE BUSHINGS ADJACENT THERETO, EACH OF SAID SEPARATOR RINGS HAVING AN INSIDE DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE OUTSIDE DIAMETERS OF SAID FIRST SEALING MEANS ADJACENT THERETO BUT LESS THAN THE OUTSIDE DIAMETERS OF THE BUSHINGS AND ABUTMENTS ADJACENT THERETO, THE END OF ONE OF SAID BUSHINGS AND SAID ABUTMENTS ADJACENT EACH OF SAID ANNULAR SEPARATOR RINGS HAVING AT LEAST ONE RADIAL GROOVE THEREIN EXTENDING NORMAL TO SAID BORE, EACH OF SAID GROOVES EXTENDING FROM THE OUTER SURFACE OF ITS RESPECTIVE BUSHING TO THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF, SAID MAIN BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING SPACED HOLES IN THE WALL THEREOF, ONE OF SAID HOLES COMMUNICATING WITH EACH ONE OF THE SPACES BETWEEN ADJACENT BUSHINGS AND WITH EACH ONE OF THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID ABUTMENTS AND THE BUSHINGS ADJACENT THERETO THEREBY AFFORDING A PASSAGEWAY FOR CONDUCTING LUBRICANT TO SAID BORE.